Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years

"Hahaha! As long as Prefect Ren agrees!" Wei Xiong laughed heartily and took the initiative to pick up the wine glass, "Here, I offer you this glass."

"Okay!" Ren Yuankui nodded heavily, raised his glass and said, "I will ask Wei Biejia to take care of me from now on, and also say a few kind words in front of Shen Zhoumu."

"Of course there is no problem." Wei Xiong drank the wine in one gulp and smiled happily.

After all, as the prime minister of a state's affairs, he is the state pastor, and the taxes Youzhou gets from Fengzhou is almost equivalent to him getting it. It is self-evident how many resources can be allocated at will.

This is a great gift!

"Then why don't you drive?" Ren Yuankui toasted Wei Xiong with another glass of wine, pretending to be bitter, "I'm so poor this time that I have to tighten my belt."

"Haha, you are still singing with me?" Wei Xiong laughed and scolded, "Are you going to lose? Just raise the taxes on the people. As long as there is no figure like King Hongwu in Fengzhou under your rule, there will be no loss."

"Hahaha." Ren Yuankui laughed and said nothing.

In fact, for him, this deal is still a very good deal.

As long as the position of Fengzhou Mu can be summoned.

It's all worth it.

All the hard work you put in now will be paid off in greater amounts!

And even if he promised benefits to Youzhou, it would not be with his own money.

In the end, those who were exploited were ordinary people, and even the interests of family sects and even merchants were not affected.

This cannot really affect his rule over Fengzhou.

Even if the rebels really break out, it doesn't matter.

When the time comes, he can easily persuade the forces of his family, sect, and merchants to suppress the rebels.

After all, these ordinary people are the foundation that "carries" people like them. If the foundation collapses, it will collapse, and they will definitely join forces to suppress it.

"They are just a bunch of idiots. Without strong backstage support, even if they want to rebel, it is impossible." Ren Yuankui looked outside and sneered, "There is no Hongwu King now."

Since ancient times, there have been countless princes and generals, but the only one who has conquered the world since the rise of Buyi is the Hongwu King more than two hundred years ago.

Even after so long, the word Hongwu is still the nightmare of all "high-ranking people" in the world.

It's a pity that there is only one Hongwu King.

There will never be another one, and there must never be another one.

This is the common understanding of all those in power in the world.

"Yes, there is no Hongwu now, and there will never be one in the future!" Wei Xiong nodded, convinced, but he seemed to have thought of something else. He looked in the direction of Lu Jun and frowned, "By the way, about How much do you know about the governor of Lu County?"

"Why, Master Donjia still wants to find him?" Ren Yuankui suddenly became wary after hearing this, "We have already agreed just now."

"Haha, where did you go?" Wei Xiong waved his hand and said with a smile, "I just talked about Hongwu, and I feel that Cui Heng's behavior is somewhat similar to that one, don't you think?"

"Well, conquer the local tyrants to divide their land, confiscate the properties of major families and sects, and take control of people's livelihood industries..." Ren Yuankui nodded, and suddenly said in shock, "Yes, it is indeed similar, but he is based on The method of implementing the new decree and then running experiments in various counties did not attract much attention. If you think about it carefully, this is a complete replica of King Hongwu!"

"Actually, what I said just now is that Shen Zhoumu asked me to cooperate with Cui Heng as a way to provoke the generals." Wei Xiong suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, it was Shen Zhoumu who asked me to investigate after hearing what Cui Heng was doing in the counties of Lu County. How much do you know about him?"

"Hahaha, Master Bijia just scared me a lot." After hearing this, Ren Yuankui breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "As for Cui Heng, I did know that this person seemed to have suddenly appeared in the past six months. of."

Having said this, he paused and recalled: "A few months ago, he appeared in Juhe County, Lu County and served as the county magistrate. He won the hearts and minds of the people by attacking local tyrants and dividing their fields. He was loved by the people.

"Later, he accepted the transfer from Liu Litao, the former governor of Lu County, and became the new governor of Lu County. As soon as he took office, he started a grain and salt war with the merchants controlled by the Wang family of Langya and the Taichong faction.

"After a month of continuous fighting, we won the hearts and minds of the people in the county and city, and then launched a brazen attack to confiscate the merchants' homes and exterminate their clans. They even arrested Wang Jinsheng, the eldest son of the second housekeeper of the Langya Wang family, and Wang Qingquan, the housekeeper of the fourth house. It can be said that he was extremely bold.

"Then he began to send one of his subordinate officials to implement the new decree in the counties under his rule. He still used the same method of dividing the land against local tyrants. To this day, he has offended almost all the major forces in the county.

"Finally, there is the big event that happened recently. The Wang family of Langya and the Xie family of Pingshan joined forces with the major forces in Lujun counties and gathered tens of thousands of troops to attack Lujun city. In the end, they were trapped and flooded, and the entire army was annihilated... Frankly speaking, this guy is indeed a character!"

"Is it really a trap and flooding?" Wei Xiong stroked his beard and frowned, "How come I heard that the prefect of Lu County has great supernatural powers and can call the wind and rain?

"Previously, when we were in Juhe County, there was a flood that submerged the Yan bandit army. This time, the Wang-Xie coalition army was defeated and failed to attack Lu County City. There is also news that it was the prefect of Nalu County who used great supernatural powers.

"It is said that the ground beneath the feet of the Wang-Xie coalition collapsed directly, and tens of thousands of troops were instantly buried in a deep pit. Later, the deep pit connected with the Hong River, leaving behind a large lake and a large river. Prefect Ren felt that this was somewhat terrible Letter?"spanstyle valley/spanstyle

"Impossible." Ren Yuankui shook his head and frowned, "I have also heard the rumors about Cui Heng having great supernatural powers, but they are too exaggerated. How could there be such a person in the world? Even the immortals from the upper world can't do it. Bar."

"Has Prefect Ren sent someone to see it on the spot?" Wei Xiong thought for a while and said, "It's the big river and the big lake. The first time may have been luck, but the second time is too much of a coincidence."

In most people's minds, the only two cases where Cui Heng possesses great supernatural powers is that he was able to summon wind and rain in Juhe County, and in Lu County, he destroyed the Wang Xie coalition.

After all, both times happened in full public view.

As for what happened in Xiling County, since no one saw Cui Heng casting the spell at all, few people would connect this with Cui Heng.

Only a part of the people who migrated from Juhe County to Xiling County speculated that Cui Heng might have done it, but they were just speculations. Most of them believed that the Yan bandit army had done many injustices and was punished by God.

In this ancient society, feudal superstition was the mainstream value.

"Of course I went to check it out. Seeing is believing." Ren Yuankui said with a smile, "The river is surging and the smoke in the lake is really amazing. It is simply a creation of heaven!

"If this is really caused by the efforts of one person, then the prefect of Lu County is an immortal saint walking in the world, an unrivaled god and Buddha. It's a pity... hum!"

"Oh?" Wei Xiong asked hurriedly upon seeing this, "Prefect Ren, does he have any clues to the truth?"

"Hehe, it's not really a clue. Many spies from the county guard have already found it." Ren Yuankui smiled and said, "Who do you think our spies saw in Lujun City?"

"Who?" Wei Xiong asked confused.

"Zhou Hongyi!" Ren Yuankui said with a smile, stroking his hands, "Even when the so-called Hong River runs through the deep pit and gathers the river water to form a lake, it was Zhou Hongyi who was doing it."

"Zhou Hongyi, isn't he the direct disciple of Zhang Shuming, the headmaster of the Taoist Palace?" Wei Xiong was immediately startled when he heard this. Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and his whole body suddenly became excited, as if he had suddenly figured out something. , "You mean, all of this is actually the first palace of Tao..."

"That's right!" Ren Yuankui nodded and said solemnly, "If what I expected is correct, this Cui Heng has been a chess piece of the Dao Palace from the beginning, a meddling in this century-old fairy fate, and even in the human world. Pawn of profit!

"Perhaps you don't know that just a few days ago, the governor of Nalu County has started to send letters to various county governors, openly announcing that he will be a state pastor, and asking us to be more peaceful."

"Yes, then everything can be explained!" Wei Xiong felt that everything suddenly became clear and he smiled, "A person with no background has achieved the position of prefect in just a few months, and he has also made earth-shattering things one after another. As a result, they have to compete for the position of state pastor.

"Obviously it is impossible to do this with the power of one person. There must be extremely powerful forces secretly adding fuel to the fire, and the force that can forge the wind and rain, even cause the earth to collapse and connect rivers, is none other than the First Palace of Dao!

"Dao Yigong claims to have been inherited for ten thousand years. It has an extremely deep foundation and contains countless immortal weapons. Their martial arts also pay attention to being close to nature. It is very likely that they have immortal weapons that can affect the celestial phenomena in a short period of time!

"If you have the power of an immortal weapon and the divine realm, it is not impossible to dig a huge hole in the ground as a trap in advance, which can be enough to fake an earth-shattering magical power!

"Using the so-called 'great supernatural power' twice to strengthen Cui Heng's power, and then taking advantage of the strongest power, he sent letters to the prefects of each county to demonstrate, with the intention of subduing the enemy without fighting!

"Okay, it's really a good plan. Dao Yigong deserves to be the leader of the Dao sect. He is really good at calculations, which is no small matter."

After some review, these two people clearly analyzed Cui Heng's "true face". From Cui Heng's appearance, every major thing he did could point to the plot of Dao Yigong!

"Yes, Dao Yi Palace is no small matter." Ren Yuankui said with a bitter smile: "Cui Heng is just a pawn of Dao Yi Palace at best, it's nothing, but Dao Yi Palace behind him is extremely troublesome.

"Don't drive, I won't hide it from you. If I hadn't paid 40% of the tax to win the support of Ye Jiang's family, I really wouldn't want to fight for the position of state pastor. Now I am riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off. I have no choice."

"Haha, is it possible that you will give up the position of Zhou Mu to Cui Heng?" Wei Xiong saw through his mind and sneered, "Don't even think about bargaining, even if you don't fight for the position of Zhou Mu, let Cui Heng take over. , based on the direction of his decree, you will also be hoisted by the flagpole."

"Hahaha, Master Biejia has seen this, so I won't bargain." Ren Yuankui changed his face and laughed again, "Actually, I have discussed it with several other county governors before, and finally thought of it. One way.

"Since Cui Heng has the support of the First Palace of Dao, why don't we directly find the opponent of the First Palace of Dao?"

"You mean... Baolin Temple?" Wei Xiong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed, "Haha, it's true, those monks and the Taoist priests from Daoyigong are indeed sworn enemies!

"In this way, Cui Heng is the meat pie sandwiched between the two behemoths of Daoyigong and Baolin Temple. With the two sides pulling him apart, it is impossible for him to sit in the position of Zhou Mu.

"Finally, you, the prefect of Luo'an County, who must have completed all the normal procedures, should sit on it."

boom!

At this time, there was a sudden loud noise, like the sound of the door being opened, and then two figures were thrown in with a buzz.

"Who!" Ren Yuankui shouted sharply, "Come quickly, there are assassins!"

"Anyone who dares to approach will be killed on the spot!" Hui Shi drew out the steel knife from his waist and struck out a three-foot-long sword with a single stroke, blocking all the soldiers outside. Then he looked at Ren Yuankui.

"Are you the governor of Luo'an County? I am the envoy of the prefect of Lu County. I have a letter for you. Come and receive it quickly!"